HT5262 What should I back up on iCloud?

I'm confused, what can I turn off that doesn't really need to be on my iCloud.

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You can backup the iPad on your computer instead of iCloud if you prefer. If you turn off iCloud backup, settings will still be synced between devices, the only difference is that the iPad won't backup on iCloud

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I'm ready for 10.5 - what should I back up for a clean install?

Hello
I'm ready to install my newly-purchased 10.5 DVD.
I want to do a clean install. What should I back up before I do so in order to insure that nothing is lost?
I have already copied my entire user folder (except for the items that were permissions locked) to an external 500GB firewire. What else should I copy and how?
Thanks,
-----------S

OK, your user folder is backed up. That's a good start.
Generally what I do is take the current hard drive out of the computer, and put in a blank one (preferably a bigger drive too!).
Leopard's kind of an iffy upgrade, so what I'd do is this:
1) Make a clean install of TIGER. Run the updates.
2) Install all applications using a new user called "Administrator"—I mean anything you can think of....MacTheRipper, VLC, etc. Everything. Update all the apps.
3a) Copy over your user folder into the Users folder in the root of the drive. Go to Accounts in the System Preferences, and click on the + sign beneath the Users, and add a user with the same name and type in the same name you used on your old build. Enter the same short name, password, etc. It will give you the option to restore that user account if it is seen there.
OR
3b) Create a new user account, and start up in that user account. Copy pictures, music, documents, and desktop from the old user to their respective folders in the new location. DO NOT START UP MAIL, ADDRESS BOOK, or iCAL BEFORE THIS! Go to your User account's library. Move Mail & Safari from the old user library to the new one. Go to Application Support, and move over the files for Address Book and iCal (Yahoo Messenger, Skype, and Firefox are other ones to move if you have them in there). Go back to the User Library, and move over com.apple plists (from Preferences) for Addressbook, iChat, iCal, Mail, Safari. Try each of those applications to make sure the data transferred.
4) Repair Permissions.
Now you have a clean build of TIGER. SuperDuper it so you have a bootable backup of your new system on an empty firewire drive.
5) Update from Tiger to Panther. Play with it for a while. See how you like it. If you like it, keep it and move on from there. If you don't, you have a clean build of Tiger to use. I'm reverting back to Tiger because Panther is kind of slow on my machine, and it offers few real advantages. It's worth sticking to Tiger for me until I get through my current work cycle and hope Apple has fixed a few issues by then.
Good luck.

HT4847 how do i view what i have backed up on icloud

How Do I view what I have backed up on icloud?

Stop repeatedly posting this misinformation. The data viewed at www.icloud.com is not the contents of an iCloud backup.
Please learn the difference between iCloud backup and sync, before answering questions with wrong information.

Selling iBook before I have replacement - what should I back up?

I am selling my iBook G4 so I can buy a newer one. Completing sale before new one arrives. What should I back up so I can transfer as much of my data (e.g. online usernames and passwords, etc.) before I wipe it clean? I have an external hard drive with plenty of space to hold it, I'm just not sure what to back up other than the obvious music, photo and document folders. Any help much appreciated. thanks

AliciainCinti:
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
If your external HDD is a Firewire drive, and if it is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) you can use SuperDuper to make a bootable clone of your entire HDD. This will preserve everything on your internal HDD exactly the way it is now.
After you have cloned your HDD, and you are sure the clone works, zero all data on your internal HDD, install Tiger and shut down before the setting up. When the new owner opens it, the set up wizard will lead them through the set up process. Be sure to include all the discs that came with your computer to the new owner.
Please do not hesitate to post back with further questions or comments.
Good luck.
cornelius

Getting new HD; what should I back up?

Hi all,
My HD in my iBook is making some concerning sounds so I before death appears I am going to replace the HD. The question is in addition to the User directories, what else should I back up. I have the original installation CDs for Apps so I can install the apps from those.
Thanks so much for any help and advice.
Ed

You don't have to make a bootable "clone" copy of your hard drive. That's a convenient way to do it, but certainly not the only way. I'm assuming you can also connect to that Buffalo drive using USB.
Start up from your Mac OS X Installation CD. From the Installer menu, run Disk Utility. Select the internal drive on side bar. From the menu, select File > New > Disk Image from {name of internal drive}. Save the disk image file to the Buffalo drive which is connected by USB.
Once the process completes, restart normally. Find that disk image file and double-click on it to mount it on your Desktop. Inspect it to make sure it looks good, especially your user directory where your personal files are located. Now, you have a copy of everything. Even if you decide to reinstall the OS and apps, it's good to have everything.
If you want to restore from your backup... After you install the new drive, start up from the Mac OS X Installation Disk, and run Disk Utility. Select the new drive on the sidebar. First, go to the Partition tab to format it, selecting Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as the format type. After formatting is completed, go to the Restore tab. At this point, connect the Buffalo drive by USB if not already connected. Find that disk image as the Source. Drag the new drive's one partition (under the drive) from the sidebar to the Destination field. Click Restore.

What should I back up?

iLife arrived today and I installed all of the apps. What files should I back up on my computer before I open iWeb? Can I do this by just duplicating them or should I have done it from iWeb 06?
I want to make sure I have good backups, based on the difficulties people are reporting on this forum!

All the files required for a fresh copy of iWeb 06 to open up your sites, still ready to edit (if all goes wrong with 08) are contained in a folder under your user area. Go to youe 'Home' > Library > Application Support > iWeb> and in there is a file called 'Domain' This is the file that contains all the stuff from your current sites.
From what I have read, the best option seems to be to MOVE ithe Domains file to a new safe location. Then ALSO make a COPY for extra safety! Then after installing iWeb 08. just start a new site and have a fiddle around to see whats going on, THEN quit it and use the 'open exisiting site' option (which I'm guessing you get by holding the 'alt' key as you open the application) - but may be similar to imovie where it just asks you.
This will then import your old site, and hopefully not mess too much up, but it looks like it is likely to naff it up good and proper - so might be worth waiting a week or 2 to see what apple come up with!
If it does knacker the sites REMEMBER you have you backup copy but DO NOT just start fiddling with that one, make a NEW COPY and always keep one nice and safe - just incase you have to go back to using 06 version.

HT4859 what get's backed up by icloud?

will angry birds get backed up by icloud?, i have already had to restart them once and i would rather not have to again

The iCloud backup includes:
Photos and videos in the Camera Roll
Device settings (for example: Phone Favorites, Wallpaper, and Mail, Contacts, Calendar accounts)
App data
Home screen and app organization
Messages (iMessage, SMS, and MMS)
Ringtones
Visual Voicemails
It includes app data so if you included angry birds in your backup it will include your game progress. You can check to see if it's included by going to Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backup>Manage Storage, tap the name of you device under Backups, then under Backup options tap Show All Apps and see if angry birds is listed set to On.

Fresh Install over existing, now what should I back up?

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What should I back up before 9.2.2 to Tiger 10.4.6 upgrade?

My wife's 10-1999 Blueberry iMac DV is slated for an upgrade to Tiger 10.4.6. It's at the Mac OS 9.2.2 level. Her email client is Netscape Messenger 4.7 (no kidding!) and her preferred browser is IE 5.X (the latest Mac version). Since I'm not a Mac expert, I'm hesitant to start the upgrade until I know what I should back up. Can someone give me a brief list of the the major items to back up?
Thanks,
tcpasley
iMac G3 Mac OS 9.2.x
iMac G3 Mac OS 9.2.x

Hi tcpasley and welcome to Apple Discussions!
You may get more help posting this in the Tiger Installation and Setup Forum People there will be able to offer some good upgrade strategies.
(Classic is OS9 under emulation within OSX, not OS9 itself.)
Before you upgrade you should look at the hardware requirements for Tiger. You need much RAM and much disk space.
Can't comment on backing up emails, but I fear that direct conversion from Messenger to Mail 2 is not an option.
HTH
H

HT4847 Which apps should I back up to iCloud?

I got a notice that I am close to my storage limit on iCloud so I an trying to clean my Storage & Backup folder out.
Are backing up apps like Pinterest, or shopping apps like Amazon or Ebay, necessary? What happens if I delete these from the Storage & Backup folder of iCloud?

check out this article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4847
And also this one: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4859
Deleting them from the backup won't delete anything from your purchase history. You can always redownload your purchases using this one: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
Hope this helps
Stijn
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What should I do if my iCloud doesnt work?Like it wil not let me login

My icloud says: The certificate for this server is invalid. You might be connecting to a server that is pertending to be "setup.icloud.com" which could put your confidential informaton at risk.
what does that mean?? Help please

Have you tried a disk cleanup?
There's also lots of other connection advice here in the Zen FAQ at Nomadness.net.

Need to re-install Lion due to disk errors. What should I back up first?

I am very new to Mac. I installed Lion about a month ago, and I have had periodic hangups ever since. Today, I did a disk verify, it found errors, so I attempted to repair from boot. That failed too, and message was that I need to remove any data I can and reinstall. Sigh.
I have a Time Machine backup from about a week ago. Should I run a new backup, or will that just capture the error that is requiring the reformat?
Should I just capture the files from the past week, and restore from the TM from a week ago?
Anyone have any advice? I haven't been on Mac long enought to even know what files I need to make sure I move across before doing a clean install.

I appreciate the help, but I am not quite following you. You're saying, instead of doing a fresh TM backup, run CCC to a different drive. Then do what's necessary to get the Mac drive fixed, and reload everything form the CCC disk?
Why not just do that with TM? I'm sorry to sound obtuse, but this stuff is new to me. I really appreciate the help.
I currently have access to everything, I just want to do what's needed before that changes, if the HD is failing.
Thanks!

HT5262 What won't iphone4 backup to iCloud

I cloud backup works fab on my iphone 5 but when I try to backup my husbands iphone4 it starts backing up then says backup failed and says it hasn't been backed up since September. Obv it worked back then so why won't it work now? Any ideas???? Thanks

Hello Cherylbom,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Please follow the troubleshooting below to help resolve this issue with charging your iPhone.
Resolving issues
If your battery doesn't charge, or if your device shows a low-battery image, black screen, or "accessory not supported" alert, follow these steps.
Inspect the connector at the bottom of the phone:
Make sure that there are no bent pins in the connector.
Make sure that the connector is free from debris.
If there are bent pins or debris, please contact Apple Support.
Otherwise, continue troubleshooting.
Make sure that the outlet you're using works.
Make sure that the Apple USB cable and Apple USB power adapter work.
Plug the device in to power and let it charge until your device turns on. This could take between 10 and 30 minutes. If you don't have an Apple USB power adapter, try connecting to a computer's high-power USB 2.0 port (not a keyboard). The computer must be on.
If the device still exhibits an issue, try turning your device off and then on again while connected to power.
If the issue persists, please contact Apple Support.
iPhone and iPod touch: Charging the battery
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1476
Take care,
Alex H.

Should I back up to ICLOUD

When you get your magazines on IPAD are they automatically downloaded? Why are some in newstands and others are not.
Also, I'm finding it difficult to navigate. Am i doing something wrong?

I think your title is wrong since this has nothing to do with the cloud backup.
whether or not things are automatically downloaded can vary from magazine to magazine. Some do, some don't. And there may be settings you can set for each publication.
as to why some are in newsstand and some not, newsstand is a service that iTunes provides publishers that they have to sign up for. Some do, some don't. For example, People magazine is a stand alone app and I don't think they'll go into newsstand while others have.
It's kind of like magazines selling subscriptions off their own website, and others contract out to a third party to also sell subs....some do, some don't. Or like how some airlines will sign up with Orbitz or Travelocity while others only allow reservations on their own site.
as to navigating it, I never have so I can't help you there I'm afraid.

How to choose what is backed up in icloud?

Hello,
I would like to find out how to choose what is backed up in iCloud. Mine is full but i dont think everything on my phone needs to be in there. Can you please help me filter what should be backed up and what doesn't.
Thanks,
Julie

You can change the settings as well as delete old backups in "Settings > icloud > Storage & Backup > Manage Storage". I hope this solves your issue.

HT5262 What should I back up on iCloud?

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